Following a scan, versatile forward Tadhg Beirne has been ruled out of the opening two rounds of Ireland's Guinness Six Nations campaign. Quinn Roux, who captained Connacht to victory in Bordeaux on Saturday,...

1. Cian Healy - Leinster Rugby
The Ireland international was at his ball carrying best when he came on just after half time, Healy squatted away tacklers for fun on a series of rampaging runs to further...

Eddie Jones has stoked the fires ahead of England's Six Nations opener against Ireland by claiming Jonny Sexton has "the bat phone to the referee".
Jones has never needed an invitation to start the mind...